# Dark Horse Ventures

> Dark Horse Ventures is a VC fund backing Software and Information Technology. See 38 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Haidian, China
- Total investments: 38
- Last investment: Mar 2022
- Lead investor: 16%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- Website: http://www.heimajijin.com/

Dark Horse Ventures is a VC fund in Haidian focused on Software and Information Technology. Dark Horse Venture is a venture capital firm that invests at early-stage startups in industrial internet and technology.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $287k–$1.5M |
| Angel | $425k–$1.6M |
| Series A | $425k–$11M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 6 | 16% |
| Information Technology | 6 | 16% |
| Education | 4 | 11% |
| Manufacturing | 4 | 11% |
| Beauty | 3 | 8% |

56 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Angel | 15 | 39% |
| Series A | 12 | 32% |
| Seed | 4 | 11% |
| Series B | 2 | 5% |
| Series C | 1 | 3% |

7 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| China | 32 | 84% |
| Mexico | 1 | 3% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Nick Broz | Partner | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/nick-broz |
| Wenwen Niu | Founding Partner | 1 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/wenwen-niu |
| Zhou Weitian | Partner | 1 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/zhou-weitian |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Tuyun Space | Tuyun Space focuses on developing a common twin platform. For the universal twin platform, Tuyun Space builds technical barriers through four basic capabilities: 1. Spatial modeling; 2. Data coupling; 3. Rendering and visualization; 4. Simulation analysis. |  | Angel | Mar 01, 2022 |  |
| Maicong Software | Maicong Software is a Data as a Service software manufacturer. |  | Seed | Feb 08, 2022 |  |
| Weidong Time and Space | Flicker Spacetime is a manufacturer of spacecraft electromechanical moving parts. | $1.6M | Angel | Dec 01, 2021 |  |
| Thoth Medical | Thoth Medical develops medical wearables integrating biomedical sensor technology. |  | Series C | Jul 01, 2021 |  |
| Sensedeal | Sensedeal is a data intelligence research and development service provider. |  | Series A | May 09, 2021 |  |
| Sensedeal | Sensedeal is a data intelligence research and development service provider. |  | Series A | Jan 06, 2020 |  |
| United AI | United AI provides intelligent operation and maintenance management services for industrial equipment. |  | Series A | Oct 21, 2019 |  |
| ZAICHUFA | Zaichufa is a hair health care center and products supplier. | $7.1M |  | Aug 27, 2019 |  |
| Qukoucai | Qukoucai is an online interactive learning platform for children and children. It focuses on providing customized online personal eloquence courses for 4-12 years old children. It includes a complete closed-loop product of teaching, practice, evaluation and display, and is committed to improving children's eloquence. ability. |  | Series A | Jul 09, 2019 |  |
| IC SUPERMAN | Icsuperman.com is a manufacturer of electronic appliances. | $425K | Series A | Feb 01, 2019 |  |

10 of 38 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Frees Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/freesfund) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Blue Maple](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/blue-maple-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [China Growth Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/china-growth-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [K2VC](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/k2-vc) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Oriental Fortune Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/oriental-fortune-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [QC Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/qc-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does Dark Horse Ventures invest in?

Dark Horse Ventures invests primarily in Software, Information Technology and Education startups, most often at Angel and Series A stage. Most of the 38 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in China. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Dark Horse Ventures's check size?

Dark Horse Ventures typically joins rounds of $287k–$1.5M at Seed, $425k–$1.6M at Angel and $425k–$11M at Series A. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Dark Horse Ventures participates in.

### How do I contact Dark Horse Ventures?

Public channels for Dark Horse Ventures include the website linked on this profile. For a verified work email and phone number, create a free Shizune account — contact data is searched across 20+ sources and validated before delivery, so your outreach lands in the right inbox.

### Who are the partners at Dark Horse Ventures?

The team at Dark Horse Ventures includes Nick Broz (Partner), Wenwen Niu (Founding Partner) and Zhou Weitian (Partner). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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